Improvement in folding and rocking cribs



URNAILEH. v Folding and Rocking Cribs.

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WITNESSES: INVENT IM UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER NAILER, OF NORTH LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING AND ROCKING CRl BS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,312, dated May 26,1874; application filed February 28, 1874. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER NAILER, of North Lawrence, in the county ofDouglas and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Rocking Oot and Foldin g Cribs, of which the following is aspecification:

The invention is an improvement on the class of cribs whose side piecesare pivoted together, and to rockers which fold up alongside when thecrib is not in use.

It consists chiefly in pivoting the uprights together at the top, andarranging end pieces to hold them apart when the crib is in use, ashereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is anend elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a pair of uprights at each end of the cradle. Theseuprights are connected together by the rod B, which forms the pintle ofthe hinge by which the upright of each pair are connected, as seen at OG. D D are the' sides of the crib. E E are the ends. F F are stringers,which are attached to the uprights. The sides D D are hinged to cleatson the stringers, as seen at G, and the canvas bottom is nailed orfastened to the stringers. H H represent the rockers. These rockers aremade each with a longitudinal slot, I, which is parallel with the bottomof the rockers. J J are buttons on the outer ends of rivets, whichrivets are attached to the lower ends of the uprights. The rivets of themovable uprights of each pair pass through the slots I I. The rivets ofthe other uprights pass through holes in the rockers.

When the crib is in use the sides are attached, by means of books K K,to staples in the uprights. The ends E E are pivoted at one end to thetwo stationary uprights. Their other ends are notched, and rest on thestringer, as seen in Fig. 2, so as to hold the movable uprights apart,and hold the crib in a rigid position. In this position the o1 ib rockslike an ordinary cradle.

For folding the crib the sides D D are unhooked and turned down. Theends are turned up on their pivots, and secured in an upright positionby means of the pins L L in the uprights, and the holes min the ends.One of the uprights of each pair is slipped in the slot in the rockertill it is in contact, or nearly in contact, with its mate.

It will be noticed that the slot drops down at the end, as seen at N,which allows the rockers to turn up to a position parallel with theuprights.

Folded in this manner the crib takes up but little room, and may betransported, or stored away when not in use, with the greatest facility.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination, with the pair of uprights A, hingedtogether at the top, of the side racks D, side bars or stringers F F,notched end pieces E E, and rockers H, all arranged, as shown anddescribed, to adapt the crib to be folded or extended, as specified.

OLIVER NAILER.

Witnesses:

O. G. RIGHARDS, STEPHE DARLING.

